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DBT, CSCR develop 1st human gene therapy for Haemophilia A in India

Haemophilia is a severe bleeding disorder caused by the deficiency of clotting Factor VIII, leading to spontaneous internal and external bleeding episodes

Odisha's Subhadra Yojana gives 3.5 mn women Rs 5,000: How to check status

Under the scheme, each beneficiary will receive Rs 10,000 per year in two instalments of Rs 5,000 each

IIT Madras researchers develop AI model to determine the age of a foetus

Currently, the age of a foetus (Gestational age or GA) is determined using a formula developed for the Western population

Andhra Pradesh Cabinet approves investment proposals worth Rs 22,302 cr

The Andhra Pradesh Cabinet on Wednesday approved several key proposals such as investments worth Rs 22,302 crore, Rs 5,060 crore towards the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme, recruiting teachers, among others. Presided by Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy, the Cabinet gave its nod to issue a notification to recruit 6,100 government teachers, fill 689 vacancies in the Forest Department and appoint secretaries to all 13,171 village panchayats having a population of more than 500 people. It also approved green energy investment proposals worth Rs 22,302 crore by the State Investment Promotion Board (SIPB), said an official release. The Cabinet greenlighted funds of Rs 5,040 crore towards the fourth tranche of the direct benefit transfer (DBT) scheme YSR Cheyutha. The meeting also approved a proposal to team up with Geneva-based educational organisation International Baccalaureate (IB) to train government school teachers and Education Department staff to handle IB syllabus, whic

Centre to exempt Aadhaar-payment to MGNREGA workers in some cases

Work demand drops for a second month in Dec

NPAs: Amount recovery via debt recovery tribunal falls to 9.2% in FY23

Recoveries via IBC were back to over 40% in FY23 after two lackluster years

Construction workers to get welfare schemes' benefits through DBT: Delhi LG

Delhi Lt Governor VK Saxena has approved 17 welfare schemes, including disability pension and medical assistance, for registered construction workers of the national capital, officials said on Saturday. The benefits under the schemes would be provided by direct benefit transfer (DBT) after Aadhar-based authentication of the beneficiaries registered with Delhi Building and Other Construction Workers' Welfare Board (DBOCWWB), they said. Saxena has directed strict monitoring of disbursement process to ensure that benefits are given only to the genuine beneficiaries and there are no leakages, officials at LG office said. "The move aims at minimising leakages as in recent times, there were several instances of financial irregularities by providing benefits to ghost construction workers that are being probed by the Anti Corruption Branch," they said. The LG has approved the notification of 17 welfare schemes of the DBOCWWB with specific directions for constant supervision and monitoring

Multidimensional poverty estimates: Is India measuring poverty accurately?

Multidimensional poverty index measures poverty on the basis of parameters such as nutrition, child and adolescent mortality, and maternal health, among others

Asha workers, DBT beneficiaries in focus as govt preps for elections

For a government opposed to freebies, ensuring that benefits of its schemes come early will be politically crucial

Is DBT the solution for agri subsidy transfers? There is no direct answer

In India, farmers receive subsidised supply of inputs as agriculture subsidies and the difference between the actual cost of supplying and the price paid by the farmers is reimbursed to the suppliers

G20 Delhi summit likely to have dedicated vertical for digital public goods

Open-source Aadhaar and UPI will be two top digital public goods offered; govt trying to take QR-based authentication and payment services global following success of DBT, payment digitisation

DBT, Gates Foundation renew pact to speed innovation for global health

DBT and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation have renewed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), originally signed in 2012, to support innovative approaches for developing new preventions

Why did previous attempts to boost domestic oil palm production fail?

Massive forest loss and impact on wildlife, long gestation, small farm holdings among hurdles to cultivation

The many ways in which e-RUPI could alter the country's economic landscape

e-RUPI: The mechanism could eliminate dual pricing and target the black economy, while taking the nation one step forward towards establishing its own digital currency

PM Modi launches 'big reform' e-RUPI to make targeted DBT benefits work

It's a digital voucher developed by NPCI that will be transferred directly to mobile phone as an SMS string or QR code, redeemable at merchant points delivering services related to the benefit scheme

Reality check on economic surveys: A case of hits and misses on GDP numbers

Of the seven surveys presented under Modi govt, predictions of three were quite close to the actual GDP growth rate, one saw the base year change in between, but the last three were way off the mark

DBT mode is clean, honest service to beneficiaries, says Kiran Bedi

Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry Kiran Bedi on Saturday said the DBT mode to credit funds to the bank accounts of the beneficiaries of schemes here ensures clean and honest service

Covid-19 lockdown: Rs 36,659 cr transferred to 160 mn beneficiaries via DBT

Of the Rs 36,659 crore, Rs 27,442 crore has been transferred under CSS and CS and Rs 9,717 by various state governments for its welfare schemes

Fertiliser shares in focus; National Fertilizers, RCF up 5%

RCF, Nagarjuna Fertilizers, National Fertilisers, FACT and Madras Fertilisers were up in the range of 5% to 8% on the BSE.

Govt unlikely to implement DBT in kerosene

Savings on account of the DBT to be made by sending subsidy into bank accounts will not be commensurate with the cost involved, a senior finance ministry official said